Draft-equalizer.



T. J. DUDLEY.

DRAFT EQUALIZER.

APPLIGATION FILED DBO. a1. 1913.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

INVENTOR .Zfia

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY THE NOERIS FETERS 60., FHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. c

f Specification of Letters Patent-L oememmemsy "nnn rr-n'ennmzrin:

i" mememime 2. 1 ,g e waieesss- To all whom it concern i 1 I al ei qt .cmihti-oflhl a d seem Texas, have invented certain-new. and useiiul Improvements in Draft E qnalizers, of which i the;-following, is;;a specification; I

. p n ll 'ithe object of,

a draft equalizer. I I 1 1 My'invention-relatesto a newanduseful Its. object is to provide a :equaliaer which will. permit either three horses to Q travel; atone sidejot-the beam andtwo at the other, or three horses at one side of the beam :and one atthe otherl Afurther, object, istoprovide adrait equalizer thatf maylbe readily. adjusted to V compensate I I I 1 of rdifierent horses...

for f the different draft powers 1 i i fiieiiiib 387110 'provide a deviceofthecharacter described,

' that. willlbe strong, dnrable,'rsimple and elfi} cient .jand' comparatively easy to construct,

-' rand alsoone the variou s parts of which will not "be likely to get -ont of working order-L Q With thesev andvarious-other objects in ;vie w, ;my] invention has relation to certain/ novel features of the construction and opera tion',anexample ofwhich i'sdescribedinjthe following specification',end is illustrated in,

R f ng now more,partrcnlarly -to the thegnumerals 1; 2;; and 3frespectively denote I .F enjrfr ri e P n h gmy qu lZ nmormtdnpen thewheeledfframe of a 1 f Figle1 sectional 1 iview ofthe same taken" upon -"the line i of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is ,tbiiother sectional View taken upon the ofFig-Q-l Fig. Ais a detail transverse sectional, view jtaken I upon. the

' i (if F i-if' Fi -I .5m .de 'e l I I 'tahen. .npon;the line g k z jo f lfigvlri Fig. 6

the the; wheels and beam of ayvehicle.

' -'Upon the front endof the beairi'3 tlierekis -eccentricaflly pivoted alle'ver' ietransverse of 1 spaced and parallelrelation. ,to saidlever;

' the're" i -meuntea-a'second lever 5- Substaii tially equal in length to the lever4, and sup:

sai'dfbeaInKI n' front ofthe lever 4:; ina ported fromthe extremity of the longer armof the lever 1 by a pair of bars 6 respectively-.:'

engaging the top and bottom of the lever 4 they extendforwardly, and engage between lever. 5, which lever'is free, tojpivot about 1ts connection with .theibars- 6. The pivoted Patented septa; 19141 I I in a relationf 'lhebarsticonvergeas B i l ni hat; I; T MA P PL Y, 1 acitizen g of the llnited States, resldlng at z extremity of the lever 5 is engaged between i 5 i an upper 1 and lower ban-,7, "the bars :7 being p voted,;nponthe lever 5 ,adjacent to the center-7? of said lever. I i Thebars 7 project 5 and engagelri gidly; between their project .ltremityioi' member to' which, the bars 7 are secured, .a-pa ir ofswingingi links .9 are eXtendedY-rearwardlyand are made. to en'- gage betweentheu rear ends the'outerextremity ota-n arm,.10,pivotedlat its other eX- vtremity at the centejrf-oftheleverf 'Inth'eir normalpositions the. memb ers j and I Will hav'e a parallel.-relati0ni T ofithemarm 10 1 there is intermediatelysecured the forward .1 I

extremity offiiraechain'llgwhichiisfastened v l 1-.

'Uponj hatiextremity ofthe l e-5 which. lies in front Offthe shortiarmlotthe lever 4, 5

therefifs ma ned-a bracket 12 formed with upp r;ane :lo er. fiang MnM p i intermediate fiahgesfiflf The eve -.5; is en; gagedbtweenlthe lower. flanges 13, ma -1:4

and isi hel d in such engagement ;.pi ;14=y passing; through allzfour' fiangesmof' said bracket. 1'. A lever 15-.-: is .eccentrically {pivoted llponpinf 114 said lever being engagedbetween-"the upperi I flahges l3 l ofthegbr acket Y it's f normal positiomflgthe lever f 15 I is pa 1 I lel to the 'axle l itslonger arm bei gex? tended; above the lever: Q5 along.- the "entire length thereof, l its shorter I am, p roj ect' ing somedistancebeyond 'thatgextremity of; i "thefflever' 5 whichfcarrie's.the-bracket. 'Between theimiddlelfianges 14cm pulley-'16 is roe y; wormed p h pin la function of "said pn1ley beingQ-mjadeElear.

hereinafter; i

.Ied

.Upon'the ifree'ezgtremity theisshort of thelever1 5 ,therefis mounted a-wlrmacketv '17,. forihed With tOpandbOttOm flanges 18 and anintermediateflange 19.. Theilever 1.1 1m ged be h upP rfi e eB Ypa ssinglthrough all three;- flanges' and tllldl i I the ihterrfiedialte i'iange19,and is'held n. siich engagement. by a vertical pin 19?] I said lever;v Between the flange. 19 .andt e lower flange 18, a pu11ey, 20-.is rota beyond the correlated extremity ofthe lever I 45 "1. A draft tably mounted upon the 19 the funcb Upon the shortfl arm of the lever 4, there;

5 is, rigidly mounted an angular bracket 21-, havlng a rearwardly prO ectmg end upon which is pivoted one e tremity of a short,

lever 22, normally-1 parallel" to the axle." From-the free extremity of thelever 22 a] chain" 23isextended to the axleand se-i Y floured thereto adjacentjito its point of connection:vvith the beamfTo the lever 22 is 3 .intermediately secured one end of a swingf 1 ing link 23, substantially parallel to the beam 8, the other end of'said link being pivoted interinediately upon a short-lever 24=n1ounted pivotally upon the'bracket 21. Y From the free extremityofthe lever 24:,al

1" chain 26 is eXtendedNforwardly and is- '20 passed around thep'ull'ey' "16. From the pulley 16 thef'chain 26*is ezitended to the rear ofthepulleyQOpassing around said,

" pulley"and then extendingforwardly. A15 its forward memeyysna "chain has an, intermediate connection with a"double-treei a i11g'ly mounted its extremities. I

' Atits outer "extremity, the member 8 has 271 carryinga pairofiswingletrees 28 swingconnection through a forwardly extended 3 "chain 29*with a double-treeBQ to the extre'mitiesbf when thereare'swingingly secured a pair of swingle trees 131.

a To thatvextremity ofvtheileverlb which is mdisposed abo've thebars 7,therejis secured a M 5 forwardly eXtpending'jChain SQ having con- 1 nectionf at-itsf [forward "end with a swinglef- "tree 33. Theswingleetrees'28, l1e totheright of-the center line'ofthevehiee while the swingletree's- 1and33flie tl lleftof said -Wh'en itis fdes ired tdusei nybequalizer withfour horses lnstead of/five, a" sw ngle 34 is substituted for the double-tree 27,

avndithe ine nibersl32land 33 are shifted to the i -position findieatecl'in ,Fig;.g1,in dash linesat and SGJ lyThe ineinberfs29end 31 are also g a shifted to the ,pbne indicated in Fig. 1 n1 dash lines jby'fthe numeral 3'( and :38. 1

transverselypivotedf upon "the beam of a a 1 V farm iinplement, afsecond lever spaced in front of thefirst; lever, and" pivotally suppivotedvupon the first' lever, ma projecting copies of patent ineyibe ,ob taiiiedvforifivetents each by addressing the Commissioner of i i a V V WashingtomDJ GJ? comprising lever the third lever. f m

beyond one endoi the same, a link extending between the free end of the fifth lever "and the fourth lever, a flexible C0111 v neetion-between the fifth lever and some;

portion of the farm implement, and whifflew trees respectively connected with the outer end of the fourth lever and with the end 65,

front Y er the first: lever and pivotally sup-v 7 0 ported'jby the samefa third lever pivoted".

upon the second lever, a fourth levefpiv: otall'y connected: with" the first, leveryanld g normally alined with" the sanle, a fifth lever pivoted upon the first ilevenand projecting '1 beyond. one extremity of same, a swinging link connecting the free end of the fifth; 1 lever withthe fourth "lever, a flexible'conj neotion between the fiftl'i'flev'er and som'e portion'of the farm} implement, a"fiexible 8Q connection between the first lever and some a portion otthefarm implement, a flexible connection between the first and second lever'having aportion extending longitudiY-j nally upon the third lever, and adapted toiniovelongitudinally relative, to thefsaine,=f and having a' portion extending forwardly from the third lever, and whifiie-trees' re, spectively connectedto: the forward end f1 said :fieXible connection, to the thirdlever,

:8, A draft"equalizer comprising a lever 5W eecentrically pivoted I upon 1 the beam of a? farm, implement, second lever spaced 1n a front, thefirst lever. and pivot-all sup%- *portecl atone of itsextreinities by the onge'ri arm of the first fleverg a third lever piwfotedo upon the. {free of the second] lever, and pr jec e b e 'dt Said n b hilev r a pivotally connected" with the pivotedfiend' 10 0 tiv'ely" having ,conneotionavith theouteriendofthe rental lefve andthe portions 0t two subscribing" witnesses. 1

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